The 24 hours dawn to dusk strike veing called by the Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) here in Tripura on Thursday has hit the normal life. The strike is being called to press for CBI probe into the chit fund ponzi scam in the state. Markets were closed while vehicles did not ply on the roads. Banks, financial institutions, schools and colleges remained shut in view of the strike.

owever, flight operations remained normal and passengers arriving at the airport from outside the state were provided security.600 people, supporting the bandh, were arrested and later released, police said.The other demands of the Congress are financial ex gratia to the unemployed youths,

subsidy in fertilisers, support price in agriculture.Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee president (TPCC), Birajit Sinha has claimed the bandh a successful one, saying people have whole heartedly supported it.